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Library Publications (1999-2023)

• Throw My Troubles Out The Door: Bob Dylan & the Southern Musical Landscape
• Call for Proposals: Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy
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Faculty Senate Bill 043.10/11: University Curriculum Committee, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Armstrong Faculty Senate: Bills, Motions & Resolutions (Archived)

Faculty Senate Bill 043.10/11: University Curriculum Committee

Aspires At Georgia Southern University, Christine R. Whitlock, Bret S. Danilowicz, Gus J. Molina, Lisa S. Vance

Chemistry: Faculty Presentations (1990-2022)

Advisement and Scholarship Promoting Inquiry-based Research Experiences in STEM (ASPIRES) at Georgia Southern University is a comprehensive, strategic project that will increase the number of students graduating with bachelor's degrees in STEM fields. Five action items address two interrelated goals: (1) to increase retention of STEM students and (2) to improve academic success in science and math courses. The project ended in 2012.

One-Dimensional Fractal Wave Equations, Fun Choi Chan

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

We study one-dimensional wave equations defined by a class of fractal Laplacians. These Laplacians are defined by fractal measures generated by iterated function systems with overlaps, such as the well-known infinite Bernoulli convolution associated with golden ratio and the 3-fold convolution of the Cantor measure. The iterated function systems defining these measures do not satisfy the open set condition or the post-critically finite condition, and therefore the existing theory, introduced by Kigami and developed by many other mathematicians, cannot be appled. First, by using a weak formulation of the problem, we prove the existence, uniqueness and regularity of weak solutions …

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

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Polynitroxylated Pegylated Hemoglobin: A Novel Neuroprotective Hemoglobin For Acute Volume-Limited Fluid Resuscitation After Combined Traumatic Brain Injury And Hemorrhagic Hypotension In Mice, David K. Shellington, Lina Du, Xianren Wu, Jennifer Exo, Vincent A. Vagni, Li Ma, Keri Janesko-Feldman, Robert S. B. Clark, Hülya Bayır, C. Edward Dixon, Larry W. Jenkins, Carleton J. C. Hsia, Patrick M. Kochanek

Physics & Astronomy: Faculty Publications

Objective: Resuscitation of hemorrhagic hypotension after traumatic brain injury is challenging. A hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier may offer advantages. The novel therapeutic hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier, polynitroxylated pegylated hemoglobin (PNPH), may represent a neuroprotective hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier for traumatic brain injury resuscitation.

Hypotheses: 1) PNPH is a unique non-neurotoxic hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier in neuronal culture and is neuroprotective in in vitro neuronal injury models. 2) Resuscitation with PNPH would require less volume to restore mean arterial blood pressure than lactated Ringer's or Hextend and confer neuroprotection in a mouse model of traumatic brain injury plus hemorrhagic hypotension.

Design: Prospective randomized, controlled experimental …

Spectral Asymptotics Of Laplacians Associated To One-Dimensional Iterated Function Systems With Overlaps, Sze-Man Ngai

Mathematical Sciences: Faculty Publications

We set up a framework for computing the spectral dimension of a class of one-dimensional self-similar measures that are defined by iterated function systems with overlaps and satisfy a family of second-order self-similar identities. As applications of our result we obtain the spectral dimension of important measures such as the infinite Bernoulli convolution associated with the golden ratio and convolutions of Cantor-type measures. The main novelty of our result is that the iterated function systems we consider are not post-critically finite and do not satisfy the well-known open set condition.

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The Inkwell, Armstrong Atlantic State University

The Inkwell

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February 8, 2011 Aasu Graduate Affairs Committee Minutes

Armstrong Office of the Registrar: Graduate Affairs Committee Minutes (Archived)

February 8, 2011 AASU Graduate Affairs Committee Minutes

February 8, 2011 Aasu Graduate Affairs Committee Minutes, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Armstrong Office of the Registrar: Graduate Affairs Committee Minutes (Archived)

February 8, 2011 AASU Graduate Affairs Committee Minutes

Polynomial Generalizations Of Two-Variable Ramanujan Type Identities, James Mclaughlin, Andrew Sills

Mathematical Sciences: Faculty Publications

We provide finite analogs of a pair of two-variable q-series identities from Ramanujan's lost notebook and a companion identity.

In-Class Reflective Group Discussion As A Strategy For The Development Of Students As Evolving Professionals, Annetta Tsang

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

The primary aim of this study was to determine perceptions of three cohorts of third year undergraduate students (n=65) on in-class reflective group discussion as a critical reflective approach for evolving professionals. Reflective group discussions were embedded into a final year course within the University of Queensland Bachelor of Oral Health program iteratively over three years. Reflective practices were integrated with clinical practice, and were linked with assessment requirements. Students’ perceptions of reflective group discussions were obtained via questionnaires and reflective essays. The key benefits of reflective group discussions perceived by students included peer learning, peer and/or tutor support and …

Business As Usual: Business Students' Conceptions Of Ethics, Anna Reid, Paul Taylor, Peter Petocz

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

There is continuing debate about how best to teach ethics to students in business, that is, how best to help them to develop the ethical aspects of their future profession. This debate has covered whether to teach ethics, what to teach and whether it has any effect on students' views or future behaviour. For the most part, the views of the students themselves are in the minority. Yet it seems likely that the most effective pedagogical approaches would be those based on students’ own ideas of the nature of ethics and the role of ethical considerations in their studies and …

Examining Classroom Negotiation Strategies Of International Teaching Assistants, Gwendolyn M. Williams

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

From a constructivist point of view teacher identity evolves as the teacher interacts and negotiates with others. However, before negotiation can occur, instructors must establish their own teacher identity as a starting position. This narrative study analyzes how international teaching assistants negotiated with their American undergraduate students. Twenty participants engaged in two individual interviews and a videotaped classroom observation where the negotiation strategies were discussed and observed. Findings revealed that although experience improved their negotiation skills, many international teaching assistants struggled with negotiating with students because they did not understand the students’ background. Furthermore, cultural norms influenced how participants approached …

The Power Of Fiction: Reading Stories In Abnormal Psychology, Adrian Janit, Georgina Hammock, Deborah Richardson

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

We compared the instructional efficacy of a narrative text (i.e., a story) and an expository text (i.e., a textbook excerpt). Students enrolled in Abnormal Psychology classes read about the disorder, dissociative fugue from a story, a textbook, or both. The story contained literary elements that increased transportation into the story world. We predicted that this would facilitate memory encoding and improve subsequent test performance. Students who read the story achieved higher quiz scores and evidenced greater free recall about the disorder than those who read the textbook. They also reported greater transportation into the discourse. The combined reading conditions were …

Kernel-Based Interior-Point Methods For Cartesian P*(Κ)-Linear Complementarity Problems Over Symmetric Cones, Goran Lesaja

Mathematical Sciences: Faculty Publications

We present an interior point method for Cartesian P*(k)-Linear Complementarity Problems over Symmetric Cones (SCLCPs). The Cartesian P*(k)-SCLCPs have been recently introduced as the generalization of the more commonly known and more widely used monotone SCLCPs. The IPM is based on the barrier functions that are defined by a large class of univariate functions called eligible kernel function which have recently been successfully used to design new IPMs for various optimization problems. Eligible barrier (kernel) functions are used in calculating the Nesterov-Todd search directions and the default step-size which leads to a very good complexity results for the method. For …

How Do Students Of Diverse Achievement Levels Benefit From Peer Assessment?, Lan Li

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Although the potential of peer assessment activities in promoting student learning and fostering student cognitive development has been widely studied and well documented across the world, it is unclear how peer assessment may benefit students of diverse achievement levels. This study examined this issue via a mixed methodology approach that combined students’ project scores and survey responses with a qualitative interview technique. Findings of this study suggested that peer assessment activities employed in this study had a differentiated impact on students’ learning and perceptions. Students in early learning development stages showed more learning gains than high achieving students in terms …

Exploring The Variation In First Year Undergraduates' Induction Into Their Academic Disciplines, Min Yang, Beverly Joyce Webster, Michael Prosser

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

This study explored qualitative variation in first year undergraduates’ induction into the discipline in four dimensions: (1) induction into disciplinary knowledge, (2) induction into disciplinary research, (3) integration of learning from different courses, and (4) induction into disciplinary skills. Data were drawn from focus groups with students from different disciplines at a university in Hong Kong. Phenomenographic analysis identified four categories about induction into disciplinary knowledge and disciplinary research, and three categories regarding integration of learning. The categories were described in terms of the referential (aspects of the dimension discerned by students) and structural components (how students explained the aspects). …

The Potential For Teaching Quantitative Reasoning Across The Curriculum: Empirical Evidence, Nathan D. Grawe

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Educational theorists have argued that effective instruction in quantitative reasoning (QR) should extend across the curriculum. While a noble goal, it is not immediately evident that this is even possible. To assess the feasibility of this approach to QR instruction, I examine papers written by undergraduates for submission to a sophomore writing portfolio. I distinguish papers in which QR is central to the main thrust of the argument (“centrally relevant”) from those in which QR would strengthen the argument by providing context, enriching description, or presenting background (“peripherally relevant”). I find extensive potential for QR instruction across the curriculum. In …

Bridging The Gap From Skills Assessment And Problem-Based Learning: Lessons From The Coalface Of Scholarly Engagement With Curriculum Development, William E. Boyd

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

This reflective essay charts and reflects on the progress of a scholarly engagement in curriculum change. Grounded on planning for syllabus and assessment change in a first year university subject, it aimed at evolving that subject from skill learning to problem-based learning. The challenge was to develop problem-based curriculum as authentic, equitable and integrated curriculum for a large, multi-modal and novice student cohort. Using the opportunity for reflective commentary on the author's engagement of both curriculum development and scholarly process, the essay presents parallel narratives that describe the scholarly context of the case study, and predominantly, the author’s reflection on …

Mapping The Field Of Statistics Education Research In Search Of Scholarship, Linda Van Der Merwe, Annette Wilkinson

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

This paper is intended as a contribution to the advancement of scholarship in the field of statistics education, which directly links with the scholarship of teaching and learning. It is apparent from the literature, that statistics education research, as an interdisciplinary field, does not rely on a single tradition of research methodology. There are different research backgrounds, different research methods are used, studies have different foci and different outcome variables are studied. What constitutes research in statistics education is therefore still a fundamental issue, with a consequent call for more research in this field. The present study attempts to identify …

Feature Essays: The Scholarship Of Teaching And Learning: A Personal Account And Reflection, Lee Shulman

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Excerpt: One of my favorite stories about teaching recounts the conversation between an aging Jewish schoolteacher in Poland (a"melamed" in Yiddish) and his wise wife. It is late in the evening and they are sitting quietly before bedtime. "Sarah, I've been thinking about something really interesting. Do you realize that if I were the Czar, I would be richer than the Czar?" Sarah, having lived with his ruminations for many years, sighs....

Conference Program [2011], Georgia International Conference On Information Literacy

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Predicted Ultrafast Dynamic Metallization Of Dielectric Nanofilms By Strong Single-Cycle Optical Fields, Maxim Durach, Anastasia Rusina, Matthias F. Kling, Mark I. Stockman

Physics & Astronomy: Faculty Publications

We predict a dynamic metallization effect where an ultrafast (single-cycle) optical pulse with a ≲1  V/Åfield causes plasmonic metal-like behavior of a dielectric film with a few-nm thickness. This manifests itself in plasmonic oscillations of polarization and a significant population of the conduction band evolving on a ∼1  fs time scale. These phenomena are due to a combination of both adiabatic (reversible) and diabatic (for practical purposes irreversible) pathways.

Investigating Peer Review As An Intentional Learning Strategy To Foster Collaborative Knowledge-Building In Students Of Instructional Design, Jennifer M. Brill, Charles B. Hodges

Leadership, Technology & Human Development: Faculty Publications

Peer review has been advocated for as an intentional strategy to support the knowledge and skill attainment of adult learners preparing for professional practice, including those students preparing for instructional design and technology practice. The purposes of this article are to discuss the practical application of peer review as an instructional strategy by articulating its use in both face-to-face and online Instructional Design courses and to formulate directions for future research on the use of peer review in instructional practice. Findings from a literature review of student-to-student peer review and the authors' experiences with the use of peer review in …

On Weighted Distributions And Mean Advantage Over Inferiors Functions, Broderick O. Oluyede, Norou Diawara

Mathematical Sciences: Faculty Publications

In this note, some fundamental results including relationship be-tween weighted distribution functions and mean advantage over inferi-ors functions are established. Ordering of reliability and/or distribution functions via mean advantage over inferiors functions and related func-tions for parent and weighted reliability functions are presented. Some applications and examples are given.

Unified Analysis Of Kernel-Based Interior-Point Methods For P *(Κ)-Lcp, Goran Lesaja, C. Roos

Mathematical Sciences: Faculty Publications

We present an interior-point method for the P∗(κ)-linear complementarity problem (LCP) that is based on barrier functions which are defined by a large class of univariate functions called eligible kernel functions. This class is fairly general and includes the classical logarithmic function and the self-regular functions, as well as many non-self-regular functions as special cases. We provide a unified analysis of the method and give a general scheme on how to calculate the iteration bounds for the entire class. We also calculate the iteration bounds of both long-step and short-step versions of the method for several …

Core Compactness And Diagonality In Spaces Of Open Sets, Francis Jordan, Frédéric D. Mynard

Mathematical Sciences: Faculty Publications

We investigate when the space OX of open subsets of a topological space X endowed with the Scott topology is core compact. Such conditions turn out to be related to infraconsonance of X, which in turn is characterized in terms of coincidence of the Scott topology of OX × OX with the product of the Scott topologies of OX at (X,X). On the other hand, we characterize diagonality of OX endowed with the Scott convergence and show that this space can be diagonal without being pretopological. New examples are provided to clarify the relationship between pretopologicity, topologicity and diagonality of …